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AN AFRICAN WOODEN SENUFO HEDDLE PULLEY

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AN AFRICAN WOODEN SENUFO HEDDLE PULLEY: AN AFRICAN WOODEN SENUFO HEDDLE PULLEY 17 cm high Provenance: Collection Rene Vittoz (1904 St. Petersburg - 1992 Bern). His father was a Protestant pastor in St. Petersburg. In 1918 the family had to

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AN AFRICAN WOODEN SENUFO HEDDLE PULLEY: AN AFRICAN WOODEN SENUFO HEDDLE PULLEY 16 cm high Provenance: Collection Rene Vittoz (1904 St. Petersburg - 1992 Bern). His father was a Protestant pastor in St. Petersburg. In 1918 the family had to

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West African Senufo Heddle Pulley on Plinth : Wooden Senufo heddle pulley on plinth, Ivory Coast, West Africa. 6.5 x 3.5 x 2.75 inches, plinth 1.5 x 3.75 x 1.5 inches. Provenance: From the estate of Leon A. Arkus, former Director of the Carnegie

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Early 20th C. African Senufo Wooden Heddle Pulley: **Originally Listed At $150** Western Africa, Ivory Coast, Senufo peoples, ca. early 20th century CE. A fine wooden heddle pulley with a wide bifurcated body and a short handle. An abstract design is

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A Classic Senufo Heddle Pulley Ex Dr Endicott Collection: A fine carved wooden avian form heddle pulley from a weaving loom featuring a well carved hornbill bird head traditional form, incised linear designs and a deep well handled surface, with much evidenc

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A Senufo Heddle Pulley Ex Thomas McNemar: A Tall carved wooden Heddle weaving loom pulley with primitive mask like face and incised designs. This Pulley was likely field collected by Thomas McNemar in the late 1950's and early 1960s. The Pull

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A Senufo Weaving Loom Pulley Ex Dr Endicott Collection: A classic carved wooden zoomorphic heddle weaving pulley in avain form of a Horn Bill bird, a totem animal of the Poro society. Senufo peoples, Ivory Coast, West Africa. The Pulley measures 6.5 x 3.5

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African Senufo Heddle Pulley, Ivory Coast: African Senufo Heddle Pulley, Ivory Coast. Carved wood. Provenance: Ex. Estate Collection Isadore and Nancy Marder, Philadelphia. Size: 8'' x 3.5'' x 1.5'' (20 x 9 x 4 cm).

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5 West African objects. 20th century.: A group of five West African objects. 20th century. ++ A carved Baule wooden heddle pulley. Ivory Coast 5" x 2" x 1". ++ An Akan brass maskette. Akan. West Africa. 5 1/2" x 3 1/2" x 2". ++ A West Afri

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AN AFRICAN WOODEN AKAN HEDDLE PULLEY FROM THE COTE: AN AFRICAN WOODEN AKAN HEDDLE PULLEY FROM THE COTE D'IVOIRE 12 cm high Provenance: Collection Rene Vittoz (1904 St. Petersburg - 1992 Bern). His father was a Protestant pastor in St. Petersburg. In 19

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African Senufo or Guro Heddle Pulley: figural carved with elongated mask and incised detail. Signed at base. 6 3/4" high, 3 1/4" wide. Wear, lacking cylinder. Ex Collection: Broadway Composer Harold Rome.

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Cute SENUFO Heddle Pulley perfect stylization African Tribal Art 1803: IVORY COAST SENUFO HEDDLE PULLEY Superb stylization PROVENANCE: Ex Collection B. B. (More details on request) Characteristics: TYPE OF OBJECT: heddle pulley ETHNICAL GROUP: Senufo ORIGINE: Ivory Coast

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Early / Fine African Wood Heddle Pulley, Bird Head: West Africa, Ivory Coast, Guro people, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden heddle pulley with a U-shaped band slender neck, and a stylized bird head with a downward curved bea

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A Senufo Heddle Pulley with Hornbill Motif Ex Endicott Collection: A finely carved and well used classic example of a Weaving pulley from a look , featuring a Hornbill bird motif, an important clan totem of the Poro Society, Senufo peoples, Ivory Coast, West Africa.

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Baule Heddle Weaving Loom Pulley with Female ancestor: Carved wooden Heddle pulley for a weaving Loom with ornate ancestor face and incised designs. baule peoples, Ivory Coast, West Africa. Measures 7 7/8 inches tall.

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Baule Heddle Pulley with Hyena face, African Art: Carved wooden heddle pulley for a weaving loom with a fierce Hyena face and incised designs. Baule peoples, Ivory Coast, West Africa. Measures 6.75 inches tall.

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AN AFRICAN WOODEN SENUFO HEDDLE PULLEY
20 cm high
Provenance: Collection Rene Vittoz (1904 St. Petersburg - 1992 Bern). His father was a Protestant pastor in St. Petersburg. In 1918 the family had to leave Russia and moved back to their Swiss homeland. Rene Vittoz studied in Geneva and Lausanne and received his doctorate in Romance languages. In Bern he was a teacher of French and art history. He has authored several books, worked as a painter and was a passionate art collector. After his death, some items were already auctioned at Christies.

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AN AFRICAN WOODEN SENUFO HEDDLE PULLEY

Name: AN AFRICAN WOODEN SENUFO HEDDLE PULLEY
SKU: 109312796
Price: 160 CHF
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